Pocket billiard table



April 19, 1932. B. R. NYHAGEN 1,854,273

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aw BY g ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES BARN'EY R.NYI-IAGEN, onnnwaconx n x.

POCKET BILLIARDYTAIBLE Application filed January 30, 1980. Serial No.424336;

This invention relates generally to game apparatus, and refers moreparticularly to certain advantageous changes in the construction of poolor pocket billiard tables.

The invention primarily aims to provide a pocket billiard or pool tableof standard width throughout and of standard length between the footrail and side pockets but which is of less than standard length betweensaid side pockets and the head rail whereby the table may beaccommodated in a smaller space than required for a regulation table,and this without materially affecting the playing of the game, due tothe fact that the majority of the play occurs at the foot of the table,around the side pockets and between the same and the foot rail cushion.

As a further object, the invention comprehends a table for pocketbilliards or pool, the dimensions of which practically preclude thenecessity of using a bridge and eliminate the undesirable practice ofplayers climbing on the table to execute shots which are difiicult toreach otherwise.

A further feature resides in the provision of corner pockets at thejuncture of the head and side rail cushions in which the jaws are spacedin closer relation than the standard width, whereby a shot made from theopposite end of the table will require approximately the same degree ofskill as if it were made on a table of standard length.

Other objects of the invention reside in the economy in material andlabor effected by the reduction in the size of the table and the generalefliciency derived from the improved construction.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which there isexhibited one example or embodiment of the invention, While the claimsdefine the actual scope of the same.

In the drawing:

The figure is a plan view of a pocket billiard or pool table constructedin accordance with the invention.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, 1 designates thehead rail of the table, 2 the foot rail, 3 the head rail cushion,

and 4 the footrrailicushion. Thelsider-ailsx 5 respectivelycarry theside rail? cushions: 6';

and the table is provided. with the cornerpockets .7 at; the juncture ofthe foo-t and side rails ands with thecorner. pockets:8 at? the junctureof the head andiside rails, the usual side pockets 9 being arrangedxtoopen through the side rails and cushions... As: illustrated; the tableisof a standard widthathroughout its length and theside POGkGtSxQ'flIG"spaced, from the foot rail the standard, distance, whilesaidsidepockets9 are spaced from the head rail a distance less than the standarddistance whereby the over-all length of the table is materially lessthan that of a standard table, so that it may be accommodated in asmaller space or area than required for a standard table. The head spot10 in the example shown is disposed on a transverse line intersectingthe center of the side pockets, and said line functions in the capacityof a string line. Obviously,if the distance between the side pockets andhead rail is increased to include one diamond, the head spot will beplaced in line with the head diamond, and, likewise, if the increase isgreater to include two diamonds, the head spot will be disposed in linewith the second diamond, as called for by the official rules of thegame.

The corner pockets 8 will be provided with jaws 11 which are spacedcloser together than the standard spacing of said jaws, whereby agreater degree of skill will be required in pocketing the balls in thesepockets, thus giving the player the advantage of a long shot on a tableof regulation length.

From the foregoing, it will thus be seen that an improved pocketbilliard or pool table has been devised which will require less spacefor its accommodation without materially affecting the playing of thegame, due to the fact that after the break the majority of the play willoccur at the foot of the table, around the side pockets and between thesame and the foot rail cushion. It is also apparent from the reducedlength of the table, that the necessity'of using a bridge is practicallyprecluded, while the undesirable practice of players climbing onto,lying or sitting on the table will be unnecessary for the purpose ofexecuting shots which are diflicult to reach otherwise and without abridge.

What is claimed is:

5 1. A pocket billiard table having a pair of side pockets openingthrough the opposite side rails and a pocket opening through eachcorner, said table being of standard width throughout and of standardlength between one end and the said side pockets and of less thanstandard length between the said side pockets and the other end.

2. A pocket billiard table having a pair of side pockets opening throughthe opposite I side rails and a pocket opening through each corner, saidtable being of standard width, 5 throughout and of standard lengthbetween one end and the said side pockets and of less than standardlength between the said side pockets and the other end, the cornerpocket jaws at said latter end being disposed in relatively closerspaced relation than the standard spacing of said jaws. I Signed at NewYork city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, this 29th dayof January, A. D. 1930.

BARNEY R. NYHAGEN.

